Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 568
COLT A .36 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION POCKET-REVOLVER, MODEL 1862 POLICE, serial no. 4115,
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A .36 PERCUSSION FIVE-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION POCKET-REVOLVER, MODEL '1862 POLICE', serial no. 4115,
for the first year of production in 1862, with round 4 1/2in. barrel, the top signed 'ADDRESS COL SAM COLT NEW YORK U.S. AMERICA' (worn), fluted cylinder, plain frame marked 'COLTS PATENT', brass grip-straps and trigger-guard( traces of plating), one-piece smooth walnut grip, shortened under-barrel rammer, the whole darkly stained with some pitting and bruising to metal
Estimate £400-600